The development history of the Ikebana Switch

Japan Telegärtner (JTL) is a Japanese subsidiary of Telegärtner Karl Gärtner GmbH in Germany, but this switch was developed purely in Japan.

The JTL team received a request from a Japanese audiophile, if JTL could develop an ultimate network switch, the level of which nobody had reached yet. JTL decided to modify its product for a railway system.

After a careful development as well as the enough amount of hearing tests by audiophile and hi-fi dealers, the Ikebana Switch was put into the Japanese market in January 2017.

At the moment (November 2017), more than 20 hi-fi stores in Japan sell the Ikebana Switch, among which LINN Japan (Soundcreate) can be found.